Ceburuns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Business process outsourcing & IT services
Concentrix, Accenture, TaskUs, Teleperformance, QBE, Lexmark
The second-largest BPO cluster in the Philippines after Metro Manila, concentrated in Cebu IT Park and Cebu Business Park, and increasingly moving from voice support into software and shared services.
Export manufacturing & electronics
Operators inside the Mactan Economic Zone in Lapu-Lapu
Semiconductor assembly, electronics and light manufacturing inside PEZA-registered zones on Mactan island, which is a completely separate economy from the IT parks across the water.
Tourism & island hospitality
Mactan resorts, dive operators, Bohol and northern Cebu tour businesses
Cebu is the gateway to the central Visayas, and Mactan's resort strip plus the diving economy around Malapascua, Moalboal and Oslob supports a large hospitality workforce.
Shipping, ports & shipbuilding
Port of Cebu operators, inter-island ferry lines, Balamban shipyards
The Port of Cebu is the country's main inter-island hub, and the shipbuilding yards on the west coast at Balamban are among the largest in the Philippines.
Furniture, design & handicraft export
Cebu's long-established furniture and homeware exporters
A genuinely distinctive Cebu industry — the island has exported design-led furniture and handicrafts for decades and retains a real cluster of makers and designers.
Healthcare & medical services
Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu Doctors' University Hospital, Perpetual Succour
A strong private hospital sector serving the whole central Visayas, which is why Cebu is the referral destination for the surrounding islands.
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